Tricks of the Trade
Brief Synopsis
Two women are involved with a man who is murdered -- his pampered wife and a prostitute with whom he has been having a passionate affair. When they become targets themselves, they join forces to uncover the murdered man's obvious double life and find his killer.
Cast & Crew
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Jack Bender
Director
Cindy Williams
Catherine
Markie Post
Marla
James Whitmore
Detective
Scott Paulin
Catherine'S Friend
Chris Mulkey
Detective
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1988
Production Company
CBS Entertainment; CFI Hollywood; Clairmont Camera, Inc.; Horta Editorial & Sound; Howard Anderson Company
Distribution Company
Academy Entertainment
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Two women are involved with a man who is murdered -- his pampered wife and a prostitute with whom he has been having a passionate affair. When they become targets themselves, they join forces to uncover the murdered man's obvious double life and find his killer.
Director
Jack Bender
Director
Cast
Cindy Williams
Catherine
Markie Post
Marla
James Whitmore
Detective
Scott Paulin
Catherine'S Friend
Chris Mulkey
Detective
John Durbin
Armin Shimerman
S A Griffin
Susan Davis
Edith
Tanya Boyd
Beverly
Laura Owens
Liz Morgenson
Nancy Morgan
Sally
Cain Devore
Rental Agent
John Disanti
Tony
Tom Lagrua
Thug
Jack Nance
Al
Andrew Bloch
Howard
Cheryl Carter
Victoria Spears
Tom Dahlgren
Haughty Man
Eric Poppick
Walter
James Hakke
Gloria
John Ritter
Christina Carlisi
Bimbo
Lisa Loving
Prostitute No 1
China Kelly
Louie
Lisa Mende
Gangette
Bridget Sienna
Prostitute No 2
W. K. Stratton
Coo
Crew
Scott Ambrose
Property Master
Nicholas Batchelor
Unit Production Manager
Bill W Benton
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marvin Bernstein
Location Manager
Robert Eli Bodford
Costume Supervisor
Daniel Cahn
Co-Producer
Daniel Cahn
Editor
John Caper Jr.
Music Supervisor
Skip Cook
Key Grip
Ruth Crary
Auditor
Joel Fields
Co-Producer
Deborah Figuly
Makeup Artist
Ronald J. Gilbert
Producer
Glenda Gile
Production Assistant
Ardythe Goergens
Associate Producer
Bob Goode
Gaffer
Leonard Hill
Executive Producer
Susie Johnson
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Susan Daria Landino
Assistant
Rean Luttrell
Production Assistant
Dennis Madalone
Stunt Coordinator
Colette Mcdougall
Assistant
Doug Moreno
Production Auditor
Sharon Morov
Production Coordinator
Walter Murphy
Music
Candace Neal
Hair Stylist
Randy Newman
Song
Chad O'connor
Production Assistant
Robert E. O'connor
Executive Producer
Paul Onorato
Director Of Photography
Robert Palmer
Song
Bruce Pasternack
Camera Operator
Richard Rollison
Transportation Coordinator
Glen Sanford
Assistant Director
Richard Peter Schroer
Assistant Director
Fred Schultz
Sound Department
John J Stephens
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Noreen Stone
Screenwriter
Stephen Storer
Production Designer
Barbara Thaxton
Script Supervisor
Sharon Viljoen
Set Decorator
Gregory H Watkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kathie Weaver
Assistant Editor
Brenda Wilson
Co-Producer
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1988
Production Company
CBS Entertainment; CFI Hollywood; Clairmont Camera, Inc.; Horta Editorial & Sound; Howard Anderson Company
Distribution Company
Academy Entertainment
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States December 6, 1988
Aired in United States on Video August 8, 1991
Began shooting August 15, 1988.
Completed shooting September 9, 1988.
